Thomas Beeching
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| Full name | Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
10 March 1900 Maidstone, Kent | ||||||||||||||
| Died |
31 December 1971 (aged 71) Aldershot, Hampshire | ||||||||||||||
| Batting style | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1920–1921 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 8 March 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt Beeching (10 March 1900 – 31 December 1971) was an English soldier and cricketer. He was born at Maidstone in Kent in March 1900.
Beeching attended Charterhouse School, playing in the cricket XI in 1917.[1] He was commissioned into the Royal West Kent Regiment in 1919[2] and played ten first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club between 1920 and 1921.[3][1]
Beeching attended Royal Military College, Sandhurst in 1918 and was commissioned into the Royal West Kents after the World War I Armistice.[4] He served during World War II in the Royal Army Service Corps. He was awarded an MBE in 1943 whilst serving as a Major in the Corps in North Africa.[5] He reached the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Beeching died at Aldershot in 1971 aged 71.[3]
References
- 1 2 Beeching, Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Hugh Pitt, Obituaries in 1971, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1972. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- ↑ Supplement to the London Gazette, London Gazette, p.1185, 23 January 1919. Retrieved 26 March 2017.
- 1 2 "Thomas Beeching". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 March 2017.
- ↑ Lewis P (2014) For Kent and Country, p.37. Brighton: Reveille Press.
- ↑ Recommendation for Award for Beeching, Thomas Hugh Pitt Rank, National Archives. Retrieved 26 March 2017.